MIKE ELEY BSC

Born:
1960, Romford, Essex, UK, as Michael Eley.

Education:
Leeds Polytechnic [Graphic Design].

Career:
After college, Eley got a job as an assistant film editor with Aspect Films, a
small independent film company in London. A few
years later he segued to the camera department and trained as an assistant,
mainly working on doc's. He eventually became a cameraman at the company and
then began freelance jobs in 1989. He spent the next 10 years working on doc's
for BBC-tv and Channel 4 before getting the chance to shoot dramatic films.

Ph & dir commercials.

Member of the BSC since
November 2010 and president since 2017.

Awards:
BAFTA TV Award nom [1999; shared] for 'Lemurs'; British Independent Film
Award [BIFA] 'Best Technical Achievement' [2004] for 'Touching the Void';
RTS Craft & Design Award 'Photography -
Drama' [2006-07; 'Technically skilled, stunning to look at, the winner's
talent was to find the tiny details of character, emotion and story set against
a huge landscape of large vistas, castles and buildings. But most importantly
his work was always in close sympathy with character.'] & 'Emmy' Award nom
[2007; for Part 1] for 'Jane Eyre'; 'Emmy' Award nom [2009] for 'Grey
Gardens'.